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WINSTED -- The goal of establishing a disc golf course at the Mad River Dam basin is on hold because of a lack of funds.

Theresa P. Cannavo, a member of the Redevelopment Agency, said the agency does not have the money to hire a landscape architect to design a course or buy the baskets needed for each hole. Disc golf is similar to regular golf except that instead of using a club to whack a tiny ball into a hole in as few shots as possible, players toss a Frisbee into a basket attached from a tree in as few tosses as possible.

Instead, the agency decided to focus on raising money for the four welcome signs it plans to install at each end of town. Cannavo said the agency just received word that Northwest Community Bank is willing to fund the costs of designing, making and installing the first sign, estimated at $3,500.

That means the agency can take the money it has raised thus far and put it toward the second sign.

Cannavo said her disc golf idea is not dead. In fact, she said it could be revived under the new Fit Together initiative, which aims to reduce the obesity rate, curb smoking and prevent chronic diseases. She said she does not know how disc golf would fit in exactly but considering it is an active sport she believes it will have the support when the time is right.

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Eric wrote on Jan 1, 2013 3:38 PM:

" For $3,500 you could install a nine hole disc golf course and have it designed by a local disc golf club or disc golf enthusiast for free. "

" Information on how much money was needed to build the course would've really helped the article. Winsted could really use a disc golf course -- it's great exercise, it has an extremely low cost of getting started, and it gets people outdoors and moving.

Bristol's course is very heavily used, Norwalk's course has hosted national tournaments, but the Northwest Corner has some incredible potential for beautiful courses that don't cost much to build or maintain, but provide great value for little money.

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